It marked the first time authorities have invoked the 2001 Patriot Act against a virtual currency.
For one thing, libraries are not mentioned anywhere in the pertinent Patriot Act provision.
In a small Virginia town, a recent court case is raising questions about the Patriot Act.
Critics contend that the Patriot Act was rushed into law in a moment of panic.
Charles Schumer, D-New York, said the report swayed his decision on the Patriot Act proposal.
Investigators used the Patriot Act to quickly obtain subpoenas for information from Internet service providers.
The public has expressed overwhelming support for the Patriot Act in opinion poll after opinion poll.
The Senate will soon convene hearings on renewal of the Patriot Act and the NSA terrorist surveillance program.
The Patriot Act gives them - our government - the tools to stop them from doing this again.
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What are they going to tell their constituents if keeping the Patriot Act strong would have prevented that attack?
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Those questions are open, compliance experts say, because Congress passed the Patriot Act in haste and set tight deadlines.
And that has Specter very upset, as the author of the Patriot Act.
He was for the Patriot Act until he was against the Patriot Act.
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The Patriot Act has successfully provided such tools for the past four-and-a-half years.
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In 2011, the Obama administration embraced reauthorization of the Patriot Act, which Harry Reid years earlier promised to kill.
Mr. Paul, a libertarian who opposes the Patriot Act, could change course and allow a vote before the provisions expire.
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Mr. KWEISI MFUME (Former Congressman): NAFTA, the Patriot Act, special interest corporate money, and to come extent on the war.
Admiration, not mockery, will greet those who know every line of the PATRIOT Act or have memorised the Geneva Conventions.
The senators who are filibustering must stop their delaying tactics, and the Senate must vote to reauthorize the Patriot Act.
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The Patriot Act and similar laws also require silence on the part of companies on the receiving end of such measures.
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The Patriot Act, passed in haste after the attacks, has been tweaked but still gives the government sweeping powers of surveillance.
The Patriot Act has accomplished exactly what it was designed to do: it has protected American liberty and saved American lives.
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Similarly, the Patriot Act did not - as its critics would have us believe - create new and unsavory "sneak-and-peek" warrants.
In a 2004 article, also in the Wall Street Journal, Mukasey defended the Patriot Act against charges that it eroded civil liberties.
The Patriot Act has helped law enforcement achieve more safety and security for the American people without any abuse of civil liberties.
Rand Paul has single-handedly stopped the extension of three key provisions of the Patriot Act until after they expire at midnight Thursday.
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Credo has fought various parts of the Patriot Act in the past.
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Yet a minority of senators filibustered to block the renewal of the Patriot Act when it came up for a vote yesterday.
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The Patriot Act has also been successful in updating anti-terrorism and criminal laws to bring law enforcement up to date with technology.
The rash of new regulations require mutual fund companies to do everything from hiring chief compliance officers to complying with the Patriot Act.
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